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Dental Space Maintainers for the Management of Premature Loss of Deciduous Molars: A Review of the Clinical Effectiveness, Cost-effectiveness and Guidelines [Internet]. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2016 Oct 20.

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Dental Space Maintainers for the Management of Premature Loss of Deciduous Molars: A Review of the Clinical Effectiveness, Cost-effectiveness and Guidelines [Internet].

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CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DECISION OR POLICY MAKING

One quasi-RCT, three CCTs and four observational studies were included and reviewed on the use of SMs in children with premature loss of primary teeth. Only clinical effectiveness was examined, including gingival health, presence of caries, plaque formation, eruption difficulties, cephalometric measurements, and space loss. Studies did not examine cost-effectiveness or guideline recommendations.

Overall, several methodological limitations and uncertain generalizability of the studies preclude robust conclusions about the use of SMs.

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